Without Funding, Policy Won’t Fight Hunger
April 25, 2017
There was much to celebrate at the end of this year’s legislative session, including the passage of a number of anti-hunger bills.
There was much to celebrate at the end of this year’s legislative session, including the passage of a number of anti-hunger bills.
Given before the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee A successful economy starts at the schoolhouse, and successful students start with eliminating hunger. Community Eligiblity Provision leverages federal dollars to do just that. The Hunger-Free Schools Act of 2015 would increase
Maryland Hunger Solutions, the Maryland Center on Economic Policy, and the Maryland State Department of Education presented Somerset County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. John Gaddis and Somerset County Public School Food and Nutrition Services Manager Helen Riggins with “Hunger-Free School”
Washington County schools are leading the way in becoming hunger-free by adopting a new tool, community eligibility, that allows high-poverty schools to serve breakfast and lunch to all students free of charge. Unfortunately, many eligible schools in Maryland have yet
Wilson was joined by representatives of the Maryland State Department of Education and the Maryland Center on Economic Policy, who provided brief remarks before presenting a “Hunger-Free” school award and banner to Principal Tom Garner in recognition of the school’s
For Immediate Release June 10, 2014 Contact: Sean Miskell, 410-412-9105 x705 or smiskell@mdeconomy.org BALTIMORE, MD — Twelve Washington County Public Schools were recognized today for participating in a new federal program that lets all students eat breakfast and lunch at
374 high-poverty schools in Maryland are eligible to use a powerful new tool, known as community eligibility, to increase the number of children eating school meals and reduce paperwork by providing school meals to all students free of charge. However,